#gronoswedding

ten years ago on a halloween night, my childhood best friend kristin and i went to a church dance in a town (rock springs) 15 minutes away (from green river). we didn't really want to go, but there was supposedly going to be a lot of youth and when you are boy crazy obsessed 16 year old, the prospect of meeting new boys is great. we met up with another friend who lived in that town and asked her to introduce us to people... that is how we met bren, who brought nick with him. from then on, we hung out every weekend. eventually adding on others to our group of friends. we made these really awesome embarrassing movies (think: a remake of the grudge), went to a million movies, played in the cemetery and became the best of friends. most of us went on to work at the movie theatre and then eventually went on our own ways to be adults.

While most sort of fell away, there are a few of us that still remain close. fast forward ten years, a few marriages, a mission, a few college degrees, plenty of moves, 4 states and many many phone calls and texts between us all...we were finally able to be in the same place at the same time to celebrate nick's wedding. it was beautiful, peyton was gorgeous, and being able to reminisce and catch up with the boys who changed my life was one of the most precious memories i have of them. seeing nick watch peyton walk down the isle with pure love in his eyes was one of the happiest times for me as well. there is nothing like seeing the people you love so happy and celebrating that union together. nick and peyton, i wish you a lifetime of happiness

and he's off....

david's brother spencer left on his mission yesterday. he will be serving in the chesapeake virginia mission, and we could not be more proud of him. spencer really is going to make the best missionary. at the age of 18 he is already so mature and "in tune". he has a strong testimony and is going to be great.

dropping him off was of course bittersweet and only brought on memories of my own time there 4 years ago. all the memories of my own experience came rushing back and it only made me so excited for him. we will miss him but knowing exactly what he will be doing and going through only makes it easier to let him go. he is going to change lives and i can't wait to hear about it.

the best two years

i got pretty lucky in the mission department. not only did i serve in the best area, but i also was blessed enough to have two mission presidents. both were incredible and changed my life and both had wives who were two of the most humble kind people i had ever met. 

the mcdonough's changed the mission when they came in. not in a good or bad way, but a different way. they were called for the mission at that specific time. i only had three transfers with them, but they changed my life tremendously in those 3 and a half short months. 

and nearly three years later...they are home! it was the most incredible thing to witness their homecoming. the church service for them was so uplifting and loving and you knew they truly loved those three years and helped others love their time as well. i barely knew any of the missionaries there, but it was still fun to see the couple that i did. they called up all the missionaries to sing called to serve and what a memorable experience to be on the stand with 150 other people who knew exactly what the MJM was all about. 

sunday funday

sundays are pretty much my favorite day of the week. it is the one day where i usually do not have to work and david always has sundays off. we are both so lucky because our families only live 10 minutes apart and 15 minutes from us. we are usually always at one (sometimes both) of their houses sunday night. 

my siblings are all graduated and out of the house so it is usually just us with meghan. it is never too quiet though and we usually always end the night with a game (or six) of rummikub. 

this is my favorite picture because bethanie happened to
get hers in her hair and is cleaning it off

 david's younger brother just graduated high school, and it is fun to step back and see his perspective. he teaches us a lot of new fun things that all of his friends do, like trying to get whipped cream from your arm into your mouth by slapping it. sounds silly, but we got a ton of laughs from it. we have played a lot of bocce ball over there and they are always fun to be around. 

take me out to the ball game

being on the muss board has some pretty great perks.... one of the many things we have done has been a free bee's game. i have never seen one and i know it is not the major leagues, but hey mike trout started there so it's gotta be decent. nothing screams america more than a ball game. it was so much fun. plus, this was on our bucket list so one more thing accomplished. 

apparently they are not very good this year, but we did get to see some awesome plays and a home run, so that was exciting. plus there is nothing like hanging out with a bunch of u obsessed fans all night. 

sweet summer time

It is definitely hard to have a summer when you are in school full time plus working 4 jobs, but David and I manage to find time for fun. Monday's are just about the only nights we have just the two of us and my work just so happened to plan their employee party for Monday night at cowabunga bay in draper. 

We had the entire park to our staff and it was so much fun. They had a free photo booth, airbrush tattoos, and of course all the water slides. It was a little cold but David and I didn't care. We had more fun than I think a lot of the children did. We love water parks so much. It was a fun way to start another busy week. 

We may or may not have over utilized the photo booth. This isn't even half of them.